Sunday, May 23, 2010

sArasa nEthra!

Composer: Tyagaraja
rAga: SB
Guru: Smt Ganga Ramachandran
Rendition: Sands



Pallavi

sārasa nētra-apāra guṇa sāmaja śikṣa gō-uddharaṇa

Charanam

pāpa gaṇa-abhra samīraṇa pāmara pālita pāvana nāma caṇa tāpasa mānasa sārasa su-bhramara-anagha rāghava mā ramaṇa (tisra gati) yōgi vandya pāhi hē sāgara-ārti haraṇa rāga lōbha dūra śrī tyāgarāja pōṣaṇa (sā)

Meaning
O Lotus Eyed! O Lord of abundant virtues! O Lord who protected the Gajendra – the elephant! O Lord who redeemed his mother!

O Wind that blows away the clouds of multitues of sins! O Protector of the ignorant! O Lord who is famous as having a holy name! O Lord who is the honey-bee hovering over the lotus of hearts of ascetics! O Sinless One! O Lord Raghava! O Beloved of Lakshmi! O Lord worshipped by ascetics! O Lord who relieved the distress of the Lord of Oceans, please protect me; O Lord who is far removed from attachment and avarice! O Nourisher of this Thyagaraja!